4/05/2010

LIBERTINE See You In The Next Life cd 2001If Wishes Were Horses / Heartbreak / Moscow / Next Life / Beautiful Disaster / Volunteer / No, Your Enemy / Outside / Guttersnipe Surf / The Sound of the Saints / Just Got Back+ / Somebody Got Murdered / 2 Steps Slow° / Slowdown* / Candy* / I Don't Belong*.Produced by Belvy K., J. Coville & M. Hunt.*Produced by D. Whittimore /°Produced R. Sanzo /+Produced by Drew M. & Rude-a.Libertine: Belvy K.: vocals / J. Coville: guitar / P. Vincent: bass / J. Lomery: guitar / S. Duran: drums + Bobcat: guitar & P. Spilman: bass on * & °.Aussie edition of the New York glam-punk's 2000 debut album includes six bonus tracks, 'Just Got Back', 'Somebody Got Murder', '2 Steps Slow', 'Slowdown', 'Candy', & 'I Don't Belong'. Stolen."Libertine displayed a combination of catchy melody and power punk nervousness on its 2000 debut, "See You In The Next Life".These guys rock, a mix of basic rock & roll, mod, and punk, with a little glam thrown in, that's all about traditional balls-out energy, running guitar leads, and floor-tom pounding breaks. (There's even hand claps and "C'mon, c'mon, c'mon" passages in "Next Life.") When I say "punk," I mean the better, pre-hardcore variety, with first album-Generation X-ish clipped downstrokes and Johnny Thunders-like leads of Jamie Coville's guitar, chops from heavy drummer Stephen Maicior, and Belvy K's growling just out of pitch (and we don't care) vocals that recall a young Mike Ness of Social Distortion. And not only do they borrow Iggy Pop's 1969 Stooges "I Wanna Be Your Dog" riff for a verse that sounds like 1981 "Magnificent 7" Clash on "No, Your Enemy," but when they close the LP with "The Sound of the Saints," you just know (it's foreshadowed in the rip-roaring opening of "Volunteer" and "Outside" and the titular reference to "No, Your Product") that they love the first two Saints LPs like everyone should. That the riffs are up to comparison with the young Ed Kuepper, Derwood Andrews, Ness, Thunders, and Joe Strummer is good. That they're having so much fun is better." Allmusic